French businessman and writer Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, whose extraordinary fortune was immortalized in the 2011 film The Untouchables, directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, has died at the age of 72.
In 1993, after a paragliding accident that left him a quadriplegic, he described his new life and friendship with his assistant Abdel Yasmin Selous in his book. second windIt was published in 2001 and ten years later it was made into a movie. In Toledano and Nakache’s film, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was played by François Clouseau, with Omar Sy (for Caesarean section) supporting his domestic functions.
A true box office triumph, Intouchables attracted more than 19 million viewers to theaters, making it the second biggest success of French cinema (behind only Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis’ 20 million). Filippo Pozzo di Borgo appeared in the last seconds of the film.
This Friday, two filmmakers paid tribute to him on Twitter.
“It is with great sadness that we recently learned of the disappearance of our friend Filipe Pozzo di Borgo.they wrote. “By adapting her story in Intouchables, she has changed our lives and the lives of many vulnerable and vulnerable people.”
The French entrepreneur was also the sponsor of the association Free him, but don’t kill himactivist against euthanasia, UP for humanityHonorary President of the Spinal Cord and Brain Research Institute, dedicated to the professional integration of people with disabilities.
(Re)discover our interview with Filippo Pozzo di Borgo, conducted in 2011 as part of the release of The Untouchables…
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